unthreatening

adjective

un·​threat·​en·​ing

ˌən-ˈthret-niŋ,

-ˈthre-tᵊn-iŋ 

: not presenting a threat : not threatening

… Mr. Yanobe's sculptures are friendly, unthreatening beings.

—Sarah Bayliss

unthreateningly adverb

Examples of unthreatening in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Expectations are low for the Pats, who remain widely expected to rank among the NFL’s worst teams thanks to a new head coach, quarterback, offensive coordinator and unthreatening skill-position talent. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 July 2024

Bacon was manly in an unthreatening, apolitical way, embraced by role models as diverse as Ron Swanson and James Deen. —Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024

For the first four decades since its creation in 1972, the party was consistently dismissed as a marginal and anomalous phenomenon, unfortunate but unthreatening. —Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2016

The unthreatening, cuddly bears soon emerged as the choice to represent China on the world stage. —Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above